Discussions officially began on Monday, March 9, about a potential partnership between the Bloomfield Township Fire Department and the Village of Bingham Farms, which approached the township about providing fire services.

Birmingham City Commissioners on Monday, March 9, conducted a pubic hearing on two facilities in the city that hold liquor licenses and ultimately voted to not file objections with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission on renewing those licenses. The hearing was the result of a February 9 meeting at which the commission reviewed some 40 plus establishments with liquor licenses in the city. At that meeting 220 Merrill and Slider/Slice/Shift were singled out for a special hea

After a unanimous vote from the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees on Monday, March 9, residents from special assessment districts (SAD) 425, 426 and 427 will be receiving a sizable refund in the mail soon. 

At the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustee meeting on Monday, March 9, trustees voted unanimously to approve six individual township employee contracts after a very brief closed session.

Bloomfield Township police were dispatched on Sunday, March 8, to the 5000 block of Windingwood Drive for a home invasion that occurred while the homeowners were out of town. Officers arrived on scene and determined that the homeowners had been out of town since the beginning of March. When the homeowners returned home they found the side window to the home pried open and a jewelry box was missing. I It appeared that other belongings in the residence were rummaged through as

Bloomfield Township police officers on Friday, March 6, responded to 2105 S Telegraph Road, Dick’s Sporting Goods, for a report of retail theft. Employees stated that a Black male wearing dark clothing left the store without paying for merchandise and drove away. According to the cashier, police said, the male inquired about applying for a store credit card and began to fill out an application. The cashier asked to see the suspects identification when he reached over the coun

The library board for the Baldwin Public Library has adopted its own Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) policy, signaling a further step in establishing the library as independent from control by the city of Birmingham. At the library board’s February 23 meeting, the board voted to adopt the FOIA policy that directs that any information requested relative to the library under the act to be handled by the library director as FOIA Coordinator, rather than having such requests r

The Friends of the Bloomfield Township Public Library will hold their Second Saturday Book Sale on Saturday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friends members may shop the sale early from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and memberships can be purchased at the door on the day of the sale.   The sale takes place on the lower level of the library and includes thousands of books and audiovisual materials for all ages and interests, conveniently sorted into more than 50 categories. This sale f

A 98-year-old Birmingham resident living in the 1000 block of Larchlea was almost scammed of $15,000 by a caller posing as a Microsoft employee. The woman told Birmingham police officers that she called the number for computer help thinking it was Microsoft. She said a man answered her call and had her click a link to resolve the computer problem, then asked her to write over $22,000 from her bank. She reported that the bank refused, so the man had her withdraw over $15,000

A Bloomfield Hills man was arrested for operating while intoxicated and cocaine possession after Birmingham police pulled him over around 2 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, for speeding on Old Woodward. Birmingham police report that an officer saw the man speeding in a 25 mph zone on northbound Old Woodward near Euclid. The officer said they noticed signs of intoxication and confirmed it with a field sobriety test. After the driver was placed under arrest, the officer had the c